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In the following <code>pattern-list</code> is one ore more patterns separated +by <code>|</code> char.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">?(pattern-list) matches zero or one occurrence of the given patterns +*(pattern-list) matches zero or more occurrences of the given patterns ++(pattern-list) matches one or more occurrences of the given patterns +@(pattern-list) matches one of the given patterns +!(pattern-list) matches anything except one of the given patterns +</code></pre> +<blockquote> +<p>Note: <code>shopt -s extglob</code>/<code>shopt -u extglob</code> to enable/disable <code>extglob</code> +option.</p> +</blockquote> +<h2 id="io-redirection"><a class="header" href="#io-redirection">I/O redirection</a></h2> +<blockquote> +<p>Note: The trick with bash I/O redirection is to interpret from left-to-right.</p> +</blockquote> +<pre><code class="language-bash"># stdout & stderr to file +command >file 2>&1 +# equivalent +command &>file + +# stderr to stdout & stdout to file +command 2>&1 >file +</code></pre> +<blockquote> +<p>The article <a href="https://catonmat.net/bash-one-liners-explained-part-three">Bash One-Liners Explained, Part III: All about +redirections</a> +contains some nice visualization to explain bash redirections.</p> +</blockquote> +<h3 id="explanation"><a class="header" href="#explanation">Explanation</a></h3> +<pre><code class="language-bash">j>&i +</code></pre> +<p>Duplicate <code>fd i</code> to <code>fd j</code>, making <code>j</code> a copy of <code>i</code>. See <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/dup.2.html">dup2(2)</a>.</p> +<p>Example:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">command 2>&1 >file +</code></pre> +<ol> +<li>duplicate <code>fd 1</code> to <code>fd 2</code>, effectively redirecting <code>stderr</code> to <code>stdout</code></li> +<li>redirect <code>stdout</code> to <code>file</code></li> +</ol> +<h2 id="process-substitution-ref"><a class="header" href="#process-substitution-ref">Process substitution (<a href="https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/process-sub.html">ref</a>)</a></h2> +<p>Process substitution allows to redirect the stdout of multiple processes at +once.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">vim -d <(grep foo bar) <(grep foo moose) +</code></pre> +<h2 id="command-grouping"><a class="header" href="#command-grouping">Command grouping</a></h2> +<p>Execute commands in a group with or without subshell. Can be used to easily +redirect stdout/stderr of all commands in the group into one file.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash"># Group commands without subshell. +v=abc ; { v=foo; echo $v; } ; echo $v +# foo +# foo + +# Group commands with subshell. +v=abc ; ( v=foo; echo $v; ) ; echo $v +# foo +# abc +</code></pre> +<h2 id="argument-parsing-with-getopts"><a class="header" href="#argument-parsing-with-getopts">Argument parsing with <code>getopts</code></a></h2> +<p>The <code>getopts</code> builtin uses following global variables:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>OPTARG</code>, value of last option argument</li> +<li><code>OPTIND</code>, index of the next argument to process (user must reset)</li> +<li><code>OPTERR</code>, display errors if set to <code>1</code></li> +</ul> +<pre><code class="language-bash">getopts <optstring> <param> [<args>] +</code></pre> +<ul> +<li><code><optstring></code> specifies the names of supported options, eg <code>f:c</code> +<ul> +<li><code>f:</code> means <code>-f</code> option with an argument</li> +<li><code>c</code> means <code>-c</code> option without an argument</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><code><param></code> specifies a variable name which <code>getopts</code> fills with the last parsed option argument</li> +<li><code><args></code> optionally specify argument string to parse, by default <code>getopts</code> parses <code>$@</code></li> +</ul> +<h3 id="example"><a class="header" href="#example">Example</a></h3> +<pre><code class="language-bash">#!/bin/bash +function parse_args() { + while getopts "f:c" PARAM; do + case $PARAM in + f) echo "GOT -f $OPTARG";; + c) echo "GOT -c";; + *) echo "ERR: print usage"; exit 1;; + esac + done + # users responsibility to reset OPTIND + OPTIND=1 +} + +parse_args -f xxx -c +parse_args -f yyy +</code></pre> +<h2 id="regular-expressions"><a class="header" href="#regular-expressions">Regular Expressions</a></h2> +<p>Bash supports regular expression matching with the binary operator <code>=~</code>. +The match results can be accessed via the <code>$BASH_REMATCH</code> variable:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>${BASH_REMATCH[0]}</code> contains the full match</li> +<li><code>${BASH_REMATCH[1]}</code> contains match of the first capture group</li> +</ul> +<pre><code class="language-bash">INPUT='title foo : 1234' +REGEX='^title (.+) : ([0-9]+)$' +if [[ $INPUT =~ $REGEX ]]; then + echo "${BASH_REMATCH[0]}" # title foo : 1234 + echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" # foo + echo "${BASH_REMATCH[2]}" # 1234 +fi +</code></pre> +<blockquote> +<p><strong>Caution</strong>: When specifying a <code>regex</code> in the <code>[[ ]]</code> block directly, quotes will be treated as part of the pattern. +<code>[[ $INPUT =~ "foo" ]]</code> will match against <code>"foo"</code> not <code>foo</code>!</p> +</blockquote> +<h2 id="completion"><a class="header" href="#completion">Completion</a></h2> +<p>The <code>complete</code> builtin is used to interact with the completion system.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">complete # print currently installed completion handler +complete -F <func> <cmd> # install <func> as completion handler for <cmd> +complete -r <cmd> # uninstall completion handler for <cmd> +</code></pre> +<p>Variables available in completion functions:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash"># in +$1 # <cmd> +$2 # current word +$3 # privous word + +COMP_WORDS # array with current command line words +COMP_CWORD # index into COMP_WORDS with current cursor position + +# out +COMPREPLY # array with possible completions +</code></pre> +<p>The <code>compgen</code> builtin is used to generate possible matches by comparing <code>word</code> +against words generated by <code>option</code>.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">compgen <option> <word> + +# usefule options: +# -W <list> specify list of possible completions +# -d generate list with dirs +# -f generate list with files +# -u generate list with users +# -e generate list with exported variables + +# compare "f" against words "foo" "foobar" "bar" and generate matches +compgen -W "foo foobar bar" "f" + +# compare "hom" against file/dir names and generate matches +compgen -d -f "hom" +</code></pre> +<h3 id="example-1"><a class="header" href="#example-1">Example</a></h3> +<p>Skeleton to copy/paste for writing simple completions.</p> +<p>Assume a program <code>foo</code> with the following interface:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">foo -c green|red|blue -s low|high -f <file> -h +</code></pre> +<p>The completion handler could be implemented as follows:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">function _foo() { + local curr=$2 + local prev=$3 + + local opts="-c -s -f -h" + case $prev in + -c) COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "green red blue" -- $curr) );; 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